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Archive for 2009

How to make a website for yourself? (Part-1)

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: September 23, 2009

Some of the questions I keep getting repeatedly from different quarters is: How can I start my own website? Is it easy, or is it only for the experts in the field? How difficult is it to maintain one? What is the price I will have to pay? In this post, I will try and [...]

What is in a name?

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: September 3, 2009

It is sometimes funny how the simple name of a person metamorphosizes into a hundred different avatars just based on the person trying to pronounce it. The sounds in the names might get beaten black and blue depending on the nasal capabilities of the pronouncer. Let us take my name for example. DEEPAK. A simple [...]

Lalbagh Flower Show 2009

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: August 21, 2009

The Annual Independence Day Flower Show in Lalbagh, Bangalore was held from August 7, 2009. This was the first ever flower show I attended, and it was very interesting. I do not have a macro lens, so managed the shots with my 70-300mm VR telephoto zoom. (Emphasizes the need to get one soon). And this [...]

Answer the alphabets!

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: August 17, 2009

So, this will be my first TAG POST. I have gotten tagged for the first time in the World Wide Web!!! All credits (bricks and bats ) should go to KARTHICK PRABU Before anything, the RULES: Link the person who tagged you. Display award on your blog with these rules. Reply to the questions below. [...]

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Stamp papers in Bangalore

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: August 2, 2009

Update :: July 2011:: Buying stamp papers in Bangalore has changed ever since this article was written. The procedure now is like this: 1. Go to any sub-registrar’s office in Bangalore. 2. Procure an ordinary stamp paper from one of the shops nearby which sell these (not very hard to find). 3. Get the first [...]


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